Here are the newest additions to RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT ATTACKS ON “CRITICAL RACE THEORY,” THE 1619 PROJECT & ATTEMPTS TO STOP EDUCATORS FROM TEACHING ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM (also, note my Ed Week series on the topic this week!):
Four Things Schools Won’t Be Able to Do Under ‘Critical Race Theory’ Laws is from Ed Week.
The War on History Is a War on Democracy is from The NY Times. Here’s a quote from it: “History is not therapy, and discomfort is part of growing up.”
What Is (and Isn’t) Critical Race Theory? A Closer Look at the Discipline Texas’ Governor Wants to ‘Abolish’ is from The 74.
Bills Banning Critical Race Theory Advance in States Despite Its Absence in Many Classrooms is from US News.
Critical Race Theory Bans Are a Political Ploy, Students and Teachers Say is from Teen Vogue.
.@marclamonthill explains critical race theory. He says, "What they've managed to do is create a boogie man. A moral panic around this word, so any talk about race, any talk about justice is called critical race theory so that you don't want it." More: https://t.co/d5NRtT79V0 pic.twitter.com/pJ6kMOHl4m
— BNC (@BNCNews) July 1, 2021
Nearly 40 yrs ago, James Baldwin identified what’s at heart of contemporary CRT scare:
“The real terror that engulfs the white world now is a visceral terror…. It’s the terror of being described by those they have been describing for so long.”
-Interview w/ Julius Lester, 1984— Robert P. Jones (@robertpjones) June 29, 2021
*Actual* Critical Race Theory: Racism is so normal, the dominant society will interpret an attack on racism as an attack on society itself.
Society, itself: https://t.co/XGEgHAX4SY
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) June 26, 2021
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